Defensive errors costly for FC Dallas in 3-1 loss to Chivas USA

Defensive errors costly for FC Dallas in 3-1 loss to Chivas USA

Head coach Schellas Hyndman said defensive errors allowed Chivas USA to win 3-1 over FC Dallas on Sunday afternoon at the Home Depot Center.

Hyndman regretted that the match opened up after David Ferreira’s goal early in the second half put FCD up 1-0. The coach would have preferred that FCD tighten the run of play.

“I think we played well enough to win the game, we just did not play smart enough,” Hyndman said after the match to reporters.

Chivas USA’s Juan Agudelo got by Matt Hedges for the tying goal in the 68th minute and a miscommunication between midfielder Je-Vaughn Watson and George John resulted in the winner from Oswaldo Minda in the 76th minute.

The lapses on defense and in the midfield along with missed chances by the forwards means there’s plenty to work on for Hyndman and crew as FCD gets ready to welcome the Houston Dynamo to FC Dallas Stadium on Sunday (12 p.m. CT on ESPN2).

“[There’s] a lot of things going on in the field that we are going to have to get better at, like the spacing,” Hyndman said, adding that FCD did have opportunities in front of the goal early on that the squad failed to convert.

“I think we are a better team than what we showed today,” Hyndman said.